Mine were still checked - so I damn well unchecked them! Philip Arnold Technical Director Certified ColdFusion Developer ASP Multimedia Limited Switchboard: +44 (0)20 8680 8099 Fax: +44 (0)20 8686 7911
www.aspmedia.co.uk www.aspevents.net An ISO9001 registered company. ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. ********************************************************************** > -----Original Message----- > From: Sandy Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 17 May 2002 16:40 > To: CF-Community > Subject: Hotmail pulls a yahoo. > > > <quote from article> > Under Account Information, Hotmail has added three new boxes asking to > ``Share my e-mail address,'' ``Share my first and last > names,'' and ``Share > my other registration information.'' > > If you went to sign up for a new account, as I did yesterday, > none of those > boxes would be checked. You would have to check them yourself > to allow, or > ``opt in'' to, the information sharing. > > But if you already have a Hotmail account, guess what? > Microsoft has checked > two of the new boxes for you, allowing it to share your > e-mail address and > the other registration data such as your gender, occupation > and birth date. > > Tell me I'm wrong -- or that Microsoft has unchecked these > options by the > time this embarrassment hits the fan. If you have an active > Hotmail account, > go to www.hotmail.com. When the home page comes up, click on > ``Options,'' > followed by ``Personal Profile.'' > > Look for the boxes at the bottom, under a paragraph headed ``Tired of > registration forms?'' In that paragraph, Microsoft explains > how convenient > it is to share your Hotmail registration information, which it uses to > create the .NET Passport. > </quote from article> > > For full article > http://www.eastsidejournal.com/sited/story/html/92308 ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
